According to a Cox tech in the followng thread, there is some type of maintenance being done. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20515680-AZ-Speeds-Awful-Slow-In-The-Last-Few-Days On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Michael March wrote: > >> >> Latency depends mainly on the modulation scheme, as it does on cable and >> DSL. >> Packet loss, unfortunately, is more common than not and is directly >> related to >> oversubscription. I was lucky in that both systems I used (a local ISP >> using >> Canopy as well as ClearWire when they first moved in) were not >> oversubscribed >> and I rarely encountered packet loss though my speed would vary quite a >> bit. >> The Canopy was real nice because it was sold as a business service so >> day speeds >> were bad but at night I was pretty much the only person on the segment >> so I would >> get over 2 megs/second down AND up! >> > > Hmm.. My experience with Canopy is that its rock solid day or night. The way > it works each subscriber has a guaranteed time slice to transmit their data > so the amount of traffic hitting the AP shouldn't degrade an individual > subscriber. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss